In two short weeks, the National Hockey League will officially wrap up the 2015-16 season. Before that summer hiatus happens, the pinnacle of the treacherous grind through training camp, preseason scrimmages, 82 regular-season games, and 12 victories in the spring...
Another couple of weeks have gone by, and the Stanley Cup playoffs are intensifying with the conference finals currently in progress. The Boston Bruins are probably self-loathing amongst themselves due to the fact that the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Tampa Bay...
Sitting back and watching the Stanley Cup playoffs with the absence of the Boston Bruins is odd, for a lack of a better word. No one is saying that they would have won their first-round matchup against the Washington Capitals, but playoff hockey with your hometown...
With the regular season winding down for the 2015-16 campaign, there are concerns on the slate for the Boston Bruins that take precedent. For instance, how about making the playoffs? Spoiler: This feature will contain a plethora of rhetorical questions, so a thousand...
BOSTON-With the final road trip of the 2015-16 season under their belt, the Boston Bruins must now close out the final week of the year at home. That cannot be the ideal situation for this team considering how woeful their play has been at the TD Garden this season....
BOSTON—Just think, six months ago we were anxiously awaiting the arrival of the 2015-16 season to get underway for the entire National Hockey League. With the shellacking that the Winnipeg Jets gave to the Boston Bruins on opening night (and the subsequent losses to...
The NHL trade deadline left the Boston Bruins with more questions than resolutions, more so in regards to the future of the organization. Without harping on the obvious, the Black and Gold have struggled defensively with the ever-going carousel of young players being...
Before we get to the games that are going to take place in the near future, the elephant in the room should be addressed. The NHL trade deadline, Don Sweeney’s first major attempt to overhaul this team midseason, was an uneventful one to say the least. The Boston...
With the NHL trade deadline just days away, there are a slew of teams around the league that know whether or not they are going to be buyers or sellers. The all-important playoff push is upon us and the final 20-plus games will include a clawing battle for a spot...
There is a common phrase among sports fans in regards to the emotional attachment to a favorite team: “You must have short memories.” For the Boston Bruins and the people that support the franchise, you cannot have revisionist history. However, the debacle of a game...
Here’s a question, and be honest with yourselves…Who watched the NHL All-Star game this past Sunday? For those of you that answered in the affirmative, you witnessed a spectacle that was perhaps comical? Unique? Entertaining? Embarrassing? Regardless of the adjective...
That sure came fast; the month of January is nearing its end. Entering the final game before the annual NHL All-Star break, the Boston Bruins compiled a record of 26-17-5 and putting themselves in an early bid for postseason play. While the teams around the Bruins in...
The 2010-11 NHL season was a special year for the Boston Bruins. The grueling seven-game series against the Montreal Canadiens in the first round and the epic Eastern Conference Finals matchup with the Tampa Bay Lightning set the stage for Boston to claim hockey’s...
This was it. This was supposed to be the day that we have been anticipating up until this point in the 2015-16 National Hockey League season. The 2016 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic had come back to Boston. When the league announced almost one year ago to the date...
Hockey is one of the few sports that gets it. The National Hockey League has been known for its time-honored tradition of taking Christmas Eve and Christmas Day off from the hectic and rigorous schedules that comprise life in the world of professional sports. Before...
We are 25 games into the 2015-16 season, and the Boston Bruins are sitting in fourth place in the Atlantic Division with a 14-8-3 record entering Monday. If the playoffs were to start today, the Black and Gold would be among the top eight teams in the Eastern...
Another month in the books equates to another assessment for the Boston Bruins. This time around, we can put more of a positive spin on the progression of the team. The team wrapped up a rather light November from a scheduling standpoint, which included a five-game...
It certainly took some time, but the adjustment has been made. The adjustment that is spoken of is twofold; Boston Bruins’ fans are getting used to seeing Joonas Kemppainen wearing the Black and Gold while he himself is making the transition of playing at a consistent...
Two weeks ago, the feeling around the Boston Bruins was that this team had turned the corner and gauged focus on the tasks ahead. The B’s did drop a tough game against the Dallas Stars at home, then they headed out on the road for three games. Although the road seems...
BOSTON, MA – It truly is ironic that we just celebrated Halloween. This Boston Bruins’ team has been dressing up and playing as someone else. There is no need to be frightened or spooked, though; the new identity/costume worn as of late still flashes black and gold...
As of this moment, you'd better believe it. Of course we are only a couple of weeks into the regular season. Specifically, the Boston Bruins have notched eight games under their belts. Despite the shaky, clean-house mentality debut to the 2015-16 campaign, the B’s...
BOSTON, MA - Who doesn’t love watching an “old-school” brand of hockey matchup? With grueling hits, physical play in all three zones, the occasional dropping of the gloves, and some elite skill sprinkled in, you have the ingredients of an entertaining, three-hour...
This has not been the most auspicious start to the season for the Boston Bruins, has it? The question may be rhetorical, but the answer is obvious. The struggling Bruins have opened up the 2015-16 campaign to somewhat high expectations, considering the three-game...
The Boston Bruins have concluded the preseason and training camp schedule. The team finished with a 4-2-1 record in the seven exhibition games that were on the slate. Throughout this grueling process, the roster cuts were in abundance and some tough decisions were...
For young prospects, newly drafted players, or fringe players invited on a tryout basis, training camp could be considered the most intense and important five weeks of their careers. For veterans, some look at this period of time as an opportunity to coast and save...
Once the Ray Bourque era in Boston came to its conclusion, the fans of the Boston Bruins were not used to their hometown team missing the playoffs. Well, the modern era and the turn of the century occurred. That led to numerous disappointing seasons, massive...
The 2015-16 season is almost here, officially beginning with a handful of preseason games and training camp kicking off within the next couple of weeks. Although some things have been well established, there is a plethora of undetermined answers that will be addressed...
Before free agency began, the Boston Bruins were extremely close to blowing up the entire operation. As it turned out, this particular situation only needed some bandages, not stitches. One month ago, the B’s needed answers to ongoing problems that existed up and down...
Successful draft weekend? Check…if you take into consideration the amount of cap space cleared and the quantity of players drafted. Mega splashes on day one of free agency? Check…Matt Beleskey and Jimmy Hayes are now wearing the Black and Gold. Re-signing key...
Remember on draft night late last week how media members and fans alike were jumping off the sinking ship that the new regime set sail for us? Once Milan Lucic and Dougie Hamilton were both sent to the West Coast via trade, very few possessed high hopes for the...
